This article has chiefly to do with a Greek concept especially subject to overlap in meaning: pneûma. Translated into Latin as ‘spiritus’, pneûma is a unique term doubtlessly accounting for the handful of ideas grounding Western tradition. Pneûma’s former significations look to be substantially different to the major one with which the term has come down and stands for the time being. Hence, it seems worthwhile enquiring into its origins in ancient scientific literature. In order to do so, the papyrus called Anonymus Londinensis, a master piece in the History of Medicine, will be examined and put alongside Aristotle’s biological views. Attention is therefore focused on the occurrences of pneûma in the papyrus, its different meanings when co...
La crise politique ou historique est une notion polysémique et complexe qu’il peut être tentant d’ex...
The word átomo has a long history: it was coined in Greek by Democritus to denominate the indivisibl...
This paper examines the links between the exemplum and epistolary traditions throughout the Middle A...
In the following article the necessity of a thorough study of enantíosis (mating of opposites) is pu...
The statement of the early Greek philosophers which says that the material world we know is the resu...
In Le courage de la vérité, just prior to his analysis of Cynicism, Foucault refers to a series of t...
Muchas palabras tienen su origen en los mitos clásicos. Están dispersas por diferentes campos semánt...
Análisis de las estrategias y mecanismos de manipulación textual seguidos por el humanista Bernardin...
El propósito de este artículo es mostrar las distintas formas de expresión que el concepto «enfermed...
Succinctly but no less rigorously, this work tries to explain the historical precedents of the Greek...
The present article may be considered a hermeneutic attempt addressed to the ultimate meaning of the...
Se analiza el significado primitivo y original de los términos griegos loimós y epidemía y se indic...
Se realiza el comentario filológico de un término filosófico relacionado con el concepto aristotélic...
The history of the terms ‘elixir’ and ‘alchemy’ seems paradoxical; derived from Greek, the Arabic al...
Nell’epoca imperiale, Plutarco si chiedeva cosa avesse fatto la grandezza della Grecia. In quel cont...
La crise politique ou historique est une notion polysémique et complexe qu’il peut être tentant d’ex...
The word átomo has a long history: it was coined in Greek by Democritus to denominate the indivisibl...
This paper examines the links between the exemplum and epistolary traditions throughout the Middle A...
In the following article the necessity of a thorough study of enantíosis (mating of opposites) is pu...
The statement of the early Greek philosophers which says that the material world we know is the resu...
In Le courage de la vérité, just prior to his analysis of Cynicism, Foucault refers to a series of t...
Muchas palabras tienen su origen en los mitos clásicos. Están dispersas por diferentes campos semánt...
Análisis de las estrategias y mecanismos de manipulación textual seguidos por el humanista Bernardin...
El propósito de este artículo es mostrar las distintas formas de expresión que el concepto «enfermed...
Succinctly but no less rigorously, this work tries to explain the historical precedents of the Greek...
The present article may be considered a hermeneutic attempt addressed to the ultimate meaning of the...
Se analiza el significado primitivo y original de los términos griegos loimós y epidemía y se indic...
Se realiza el comentario filológico de un término filosófico relacionado con el concepto aristotélic...
The history of the terms ‘elixir’ and ‘alchemy’ seems paradoxical; derived from Greek, the Arabic al...
Nell’epoca imperiale, Plutarco si chiedeva cosa avesse fatto la grandezza della Grecia. In quel cont...
La crise politique ou historique est une notion polysémique et complexe qu’il peut être tentant d’ex...
The word átomo has a long history: it was coined in Greek by Democritus to denominate the indivisibl...
This paper examines the links between the exemplum and epistolary traditions throughout the Middle A...